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THRILL RIDE author John R. Haddad will be signing copies of his book this Saturday, 11/15, from 1:15-3:15 at Book Bar! Find more information here: buff.ly/rjJe5Kp
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
THRILL RIDE author John R. Haddad will be signing copies of his book this Saturday, 11/15, from 1:15-3:15 at Book Bar! Find more information here: buff.ly/rjJe5Kp
Congratulations to Loretta Victoria Ramirez, whose book THE WOUND AND THE STITCH has won the bronze medal for the 2025 International Latino Book Awards Best Academic Themed Book, College Level!
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Congratulations to Loretta Victoria Ramirez, whose book THE WOUND AND THE STITCH has won the bronze medal for the 2025 International Latino Book Awards Best Academic Themed Book, College Level!
Matt Poland's article "Eliot at Yale" in George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies won the Donald Gray Prize for best journal essay from the North American Victorian Studies Association! The article is free to access until 1/31:
Eliot at Yale
Abstract. This article locates the origins of George Eliot scholarship in the archival collecting practices and editorial priorities of Chauncey Brewster Tinker and Gordon Haight at Yale University…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Matt Poland's article "Eliot at Yale" in George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies won the Donald Gray Prize for best journal essay from the North American Victorian Studies Association! The article is free to access until 1/31:
"This book shows us how remembering the people persecuted by the Nazi regime is once again essential for defending LGBTQ+ rights in a new age of growing fascism and anti-queer/trans oppression."
@Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:
@Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:
When the American media turned the Nazis persecution of homosexuals into tabloid fodder - Queerty
The following is an excerpt from "The Pink Scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights" by Thomas R. Dunn and available now from Penn State University Press.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"This book shows us how remembering the people persecuted by the Nazi regime is once again essential for defending LGBTQ+ rights in a new age of growing fascism and anti-queer/trans oppression."
@Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:
@Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:
Thursday! Join Nicholas R. Jones, author of CERVANTINE BLACKNESS, for a book talk at Hofstra at 2:40pm. Find more information here:
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November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thursday! Join Nicholas R. Jones, author of CERVANTINE BLACKNESS, for a book talk at Hofstra at 2:40pm. Find more information here:
The article "The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!
The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts
ABSTRACT. Two decades ago, the first organic residue samples ever extracted by ARCHEM came from legacy objects excavated by Flinders Petrie at Sedment, Egypt, which are now in the Penn Museum. They…
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The article "The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!
Last chance to shop our LGBTQ History Month sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Last chance to shop our LGBTQ History Month sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll
The Fall 2025 issue of PSU Press News is here! Read on for new books, awards and reviews, journals news, and more: buff.ly/JddI3Nv
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Fall 2025 issue of PSU Press News is here! Read on for new books, awards and reviews, journals news, and more: buff.ly/JddI3Nv
The article "Reconstructing Historical Soundscapes: Famagusta and Its Bells" in Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!
Reconstructing Historical Soundscapes: Famagusta and Its Bells
ABSTRACT. In the medieval/Renaissance city both sound and silence were important facets of the urban experience, and so careful attention was paid to how they were produced, patrolled, coordinated,…
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October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The article "Reconstructing Historical Soundscapes: Famagusta and Its Bells" in Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!
The article "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is free to read until 1/16!
A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures
ABSTRACT. The urgent seeking for Cycladic figures since the nineteenth century has caused significant destruction of the archaeological record and serious corruption of the corpus of knowledge.…
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October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The article "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is free to read until 1/16!
Emma Stebbins, the artist behind the Bethesda Fountain in New York, is the subject of the Heckscher Museum of Art's latest exhibition. Read more about Stebbins and the exhibition here: buff.ly/lq84WAA
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
New York museum celebrates boundary-pushing artist behind Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain
Long Island’s Heckscher Museum of Art dedicates a long-overdue exhibition to Emma Stebbins
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October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Emma Stebbins, the artist behind the Bethesda Fountain in New York, is the subject of the Heckscher Museum of Art's latest exhibition. Read more about Stebbins and the exhibition here: buff.ly/lq84WAA
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
"An admirably well-written, astute, and learned contribution to the field of Dutch art history and material culture studies."
Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM:
Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM:
SEHEPUNKTE - Rezension von: The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam - Ausgabe 25 (2025), Nr. 10
Rezension über Angela Vanhaelen: The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam. Automata, Waxworks, Fountains, Labyrinths, University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2022, X +…
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October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"An admirably well-written, astute, and learned contribution to the field of Dutch art history and material culture studies."
Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM:
Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM:
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Great to see @psupress.bsky.social’s ‘Father Chaucer and the Apologists’ by Sarah Baechle reviewed in @thetls.bsky.social!
Buy the book in Europe from @ipsuk.bsky.social or your local bookshop!
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How the charge of rape against Chaucer has been explained
The title and subtitle of Father Chaucer and the Apologists refer to what medievalists have long termed the “Chaumpaigne release”: a quitclaim stating
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October 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Great to see @psupress.bsky.social’s ‘Father Chaucer and the Apologists’ by Sarah Baechle reviewed in @thetls.bsky.social!
Buy the book in Europe from @ipsuk.bsky.social or your local bookshop!
www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
Buy the book in Europe from @ipsuk.bsky.social or your local bookshop!
www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
Tomorrow! Join Nicholas R. Jones, author of CERVANTINE BLACKNESS, for a talk with Asociación de Cervantistas at 7pm. Find more information here:
Novedades cervantinas: "Cervantine Blackness", de Nicholas R. Jones (jueves 23 de octubre, 19:00 h.) - Asociación de Cervantistas
El jueves 24 de octubre, a las 19:00 h. (España), presentaremos dentro del ciclo de «Novedades cervantinas» la publicación de Nicholas R. Jones, Cervantine Blackness, con la participación del autor…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Tomorrow! Join Nicholas R. Jones, author of CERVANTINE BLACKNESS, for a talk with Asociación de Cervantistas at 7pm. Find more information here:
"The book would work well as an introductory guide to changing views on sexual assault."
Read more of the Times Literary Supplement's review of FATHER CHAUCER AND THE APOLOGISTS:
Read more of the Times Literary Supplement's review of FATHER CHAUCER AND THE APOLOGISTS:
How the charge of rape against Chaucer has been explained
The title and subtitle of Father Chaucer and the Apologists refer to what medievalists have long termed the “Chaumpaigne release”: a quitclaim stating
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October 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"The book would work well as an introductory guide to changing views on sexual assault."
Read more of the Times Literary Supplement's review of FATHER CHAUCER AND THE APOLOGISTS:
Read more of the Times Literary Supplement's review of FATHER CHAUCER AND THE APOLOGISTS:
Emma Stebbins, the artist behind the Bethesda Fountain in New York, is the subject of the Hecksher Museum of Art's latest exhibition. Read more about Stebbins and the exhibition here: buff.ly/KgGcOzd
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
Emma Stebbins Created One of New York's Most Iconic Monuments, Then Vanished From History Books
At the Heckscher Museum of Art, "Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History" marks the first exhibition dedicated to the overlooked sculptor.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Emma Stebbins, the artist behind the Bethesda Fountain in New York, is the subject of the Hecksher Museum of Art's latest exhibition. Read more about Stebbins and the exhibition here: buff.ly/KgGcOzd
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
Thomas Dunn, author of THE PINK SCAR, was featured in the New York Public Library's Researcher Spotlight! Read the full Q&A here:
NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Thomas R. Dunn | The New York Public Library
Dunn investigates how LGBTQ+ people share their collective pasts to argue for social, political, and cultural change in the present.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thomas Dunn, author of THE PINK SCAR, was featured in the New York Public Library's Researcher Spotlight! Read the full Q&A here:
The very first issue of American Gothic Studies just published, and the article "Carrie at 50" is free to read through the end of the year!
Carrie at 50
Abstract. Fifty years after its publication as a novel, Carrie still manages to remind us of not only Stephen King’s importance as a novelist but also the value of reading the text and the film it…
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October 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The very first issue of American Gothic Studies just published, and the article "Carrie at 50" is free to read through the end of the year!
We are pleased to announce that the inaugural RSA
Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.
Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We are pleased to announce that the inaugural RSA
Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.
Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.
October is LGBTQ History Month, and we're celebrating with a sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll
October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
October is LGBTQ History Month, and we're celebrating with a sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll
“We need to remind the younger generations. That knowledge continues to get lost as we lose the availability for people to speak about it firsthand."
Read more from THE PINK SCAR author Thomas Dunn's interview with the Bay Area Reporter:
Read more from THE PINK SCAR author Thomas Dunn's interview with the Bay Area Reporter:
Political Notebook: Book examines intersection of the Holocaust and US LGBTQ movement
From the start of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals in 1933, the atrocities Adolph Hitler and his regime waged against LGBTQ Germans and others has impacted the LGBTQ community in America.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“We need to remind the younger generations. That knowledge continues to get lost as we lose the availability for people to speak about it firsthand."
Read more from THE PINK SCAR author Thomas Dunn's interview with the Bay Area Reporter:
Read more from THE PINK SCAR author Thomas Dunn's interview with the Bay Area Reporter:
Over the weekend, SNL celebrated the 50th anniversary of its premiere! To celebrate, we've made the article "Incongruent Bodies: The Gender Politics of SNL’s Hillary Clintons" free to read for three months. Read the article here:
Incongruent Bodies: The Gender Politics of SNL’s Hillary Clintons
ABSTRACT. This article explores the political humor behind Saturday Night Live’s presidential impressions and how the stakes of such humor are higher when the candidate is a woman. Drawing on…
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October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Over the weekend, SNL celebrated the 50th anniversary of its premiere! To celebrate, we've made the article "Incongruent Bodies: The Gender Politics of SNL’s Hillary Clintons" free to read for three months. Read the article here:
"This book would be excellent for anyone who is interested in reading historical documents, learning about Tudor England, or reconsidering previously established ideas regarding magic."
Read SEL's full review of THE MAGIC OF ROGUES here:
Read SEL's full review of THE MAGIC OF ROGUES here:
A Rethinking of Magic and Law in Tudor England, a Review by Austin Moser – SEL's Marginalia
Klaassen, Frank, and Sharon Hubbs Wright. The Magic of Rogues: Necromancers in Early Tudor England. Magic in History Sourcebooks. Penn State Univ. Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0271-08929-4.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"This book would be excellent for anyone who is interested in reading historical documents, learning about Tudor England, or reconsidering previously established ideas regarding magic."
Read SEL's full review of THE MAGIC OF ROGUES here:
Read SEL's full review of THE MAGIC OF ROGUES here:
We're at #PHA2025 this weekend! Stop by our booth to browse our books. You can also shop through our Virtual Exhibit and get 40% off: bit.ly/47iRLrF
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We're at #PHA2025 this weekend! Stop by our booth to browse our books. You can also shop through our Virtual Exhibit and get 40% off: bit.ly/47iRLrF
Tomorrow at 3pm EDT! Join the authors and editors of the tenth-anniversary edition of GRAPHIC MEDICINE MANIFESTO for a virtual launch. Register here:
Graphic Medicine Manifesto 10th Anniversary Edition Launch
Join us for a discussion with the authors, editors, and publisher of the 10th Anniversary Edition of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto!
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October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tomorrow at 3pm EDT! Join the authors and editors of the tenth-anniversary edition of GRAPHIC MEDICINE MANIFESTO for a virtual launch. Register here: